They split up when he admitted he had feelings for his new Dancing On Ice partner Samia Ghadie.

So you'd think actress Jennifer Metcalfe would be beside herself with heartache.

But the Hollyoaks star has now opened up about her split from ice skater Sylvain Longchambon, giving a stark warning to Samia that he's 'still in love' with her.

Warning: Jennifer Metcalfe has warned Samia Ghadie that her ex Sylvain Longchambon is still in love with her

Heartache: Sylvain has changed his profile picture on twitter to this snap of him holding Samia

Metcalfe has opened up to this week's Now magazine, marking her most candid words since splitting from her partner of two years on Christmas Day.

But instead of getting upset, Metcalfe has even praised Samia for being 'a nice girl' and remained defiant over the break-up.

She tells Now magazine: 'I really hope it works out. She seems like a nice girl.'

But added: 'If it was me I wouldn't want to start a relationship with someone who was still in love with his partner.'

As they were: Jennifer dated Sylvain for two years after being partnered with him on the skating show

The 29-year-old then explained for the first time how their split happened.

She reveals the French man asked to not speak to her for two weeks while he visited his family in France.

It was then that he told Metcalfe he had developed feelings for Samia, who he is partnered with on this year's Dancing On Ice.

But Jennifer claims he then visited her in Whitley Bay, where she is starring in panto, and told her 'he adored' her, revealing they were 'still together completely as a couple' even though he'd admitted to his feelings for Ghadie at that point.

And what's more, Jennifer has revealed Sylvain was actually disappointed when he learned he would be partnered with Ghadie on the series initially.

New partners: Jennifer claims Sylvain was disappointed when he learned he was partnered with Samia in this year's series

She reveals: 'He was disappointed. He wanted Beth Tweddle... It was me who told him Samia seemed lovely and I remember telling him to not worry about the lifts because she's tiny and light.

'But he wasn't in any way excited - he was downbeat about Samia.'

Metcalfe also revealed in the candid chat that she had considered ringing Samia but then realised she didn't actually have anything to say to her, adding: 'At the start of the series I went down and met her and we got on really well. We were both talking nonstop.

'I don't judge her. People are capable of doing anything.'

And she's not even letting petty things like Sylvain changing his Twitter profile picture to that of him and Samia affect her: 'I just burst out laughing. Maybe there was something wrong in the relationship if I feel this good about myself and life now.'